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Trump’s Envoy Met with Iranian Opposition Leader

January 13, 2026 · 1:20 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“White House envoy Steve Witkoff met secretly over the weekend with the exiled former crown prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, to discuss the protests raging in Iran,” Axios reports.

“This was the first high-level meeting between the Iranian opposition and the Trump administration since the protests began 15 days ago. Pahlavi is attempting to position himself to step in as a ‘transitional’ leader if the regime falls.”

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